 | William Jones Rhees - 1880 - 292 pages
...he then says: * Gentleman•s Magazine, 1830, vol. c., p. 275. " I bequeath the whole of my property to the United States of America, \/ to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution - 1880 - 548 pages
...case of the death of the nephew without leaving a child or children, the whole property was bequeathed "to the United States of America, to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among... | |
 | 1880 - 874 pages
...the kingdom of Great Britain, having by his last will and testament given the whole of his property to the United States of America, to found, at Washington, under the name of the " Smithsonian Institution," an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among... | |
 | William Adolphus Wheeler - Allusions - 1881 - 600 pages
...for reasons unknown left the whole of his property, amounting to over half a million of dollars, " to the United States of America, to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, au establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among... | |
 | 1881 - 856 pages
...serve as a guide in adopting a Plan of Organization. 1. Will of Smithson. The property is bequeathed to the United States of America, " to found at Washington, under the name of the SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among... | |
 | Art - 1881 - 520 pages
...nephew, the illegitimate son of his own illegitimate half-brother — bequeathed his entire estate " to the United States of America, to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among... | |
 | John Hoff Stewart - Equity - 1881 - 808 pages
...offspring of lofty sentiments, not of disordered imaginations. James Smithson limited his estate over to the United States of America, to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1883 - 802 pages
...institutions. James Smithson, an English scientist, who died at Genoa in 1829, left by will a bequest to the United States of America "to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1883 - 1004 pages
...sense. The Smithsonian Institution owes its existence to a bequest of James Smithson, an Englishman, "to the United States of America, to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1883 - 890 pages
...sense. The Smithsonian Institution owes its existence to a bequest of James Smithson, an Englishman, "to the United States of America, to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among... | |
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I mean stock to remain in this country) to the United States of America, to found, at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men. 
